ABOUT THE aSK THE EXPERTS: THE PROS AND CONS OF SIT/STAND WORKSTATIONS WEBINAR
Originally aired on March 25, 2015 as The Gravity of Standing: The Case for Wider Shoes, this online seminar was broadcast exclusively to members of the Certified Professionals Directory.
In this one hour webinar, Dr. Bob Niklewicz discusses the rising popularity of standing workstations to combat what is frequently called "sitting disease." Dr. Bob carefully analyzes the pros and cons of standing workstations.
As the trend is toward a "paperless" society, businesses have been transitioning from perceived "low skilled" manual tasks to "higher skilled" computer-based work. Today more information is being shared via computer, thus more work has become chair based.
Published research reports are raising fears about the actual physiological risks of prolonged sitting. However, there are also potentially harmful consequences to prolonged standing that are often over looked.
As with most things in life, somewhere there is a satisfactory middle ground. This is also true for the Sit/Stand option.
After determining that the back is healthy enough to safely engage in periods of standing, the worker needs to be coached on understanding the signs of fatigue and on the best Sit/Stand options.
Incorporating frequent, safe, easy and practical ways to deal with the effects of gravity, will produce the best results for the worker that potentially minimize fatigue and potential health risks.
CERTIFICATION/CEUs
A digital certificate of completion will be returned to participant within 30 days of completion for 1.0 contact hours/0.10 CEUs. CEU's are typically calculated at the standard of 1/10 of a credit per 60 minutes of study, except in states where pre-approval of workshops are required by that state's licensing board, in which case the amount of CEU's credited may vary.
REFUND POLICIES
Refunds are not available for distance learning courses.
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Ron Porter, Director, PT, CEAS III
Ronald W. Porter is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Occupational Safety and Health, and Ergonomics.
In the past 35 years, since becoming Director of the Back School, he has instructed over 1000 workshops and seminars on Ergonomics Awareness and Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention to physical and occupational therapists; medical doctors; chiropractors; occupational health nurses; and industrial health and safety professionals.
Ron has worked with over 300 companies, including Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; US Foods; Mars Incorporated; E.I. Du Pont; DS Waters; Shell Oil; International Paper; WestRock; Arizona Public Service Company; Association of California Water Agencies/Joint Powers Insurance Agency and the United States Navy; consulting on the development and implementation of innovative ergonomics programs for both individual plant sites and entire corporations.
He was chosen as the 2012 ASSE Ergonomics Practice Specialty Safety Professional of the Year, one of the 50 Most Influential People in Workers' Compensation by the 2014 SEAK National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference and received a 2016 Presidentís Award presented by the ASSE.
His recent presentations include:
The 2007 - 2017 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conferences - The 2016 Region IV ASSE Professional Development Conference | The 1995 - 2005 and 2011 American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Annual Conferences | The 2010 National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition | SEAK Annual National Workersí Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conferences in 2005 - 2007 and 2013 and a March 2010 national webinar on the Aging Workforce for the ASSE Virtual Classroom.
His Bachelor of Science degree is from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and his Graduate Degree in Physical Therapy from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, American Society of Safety Engineers, the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
